React Frontend Engineer - Build Fast, Accessible UIs

AES Global; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

AES Global is seeking an Intermediate Front-End Engineer to build fast, accessible UI components in React. You’ll transform Figma designs into production-ready code, collaborate with designers, backend engineers and product managers, and contribute to a maintainable codebase with tests and CI.

You’ll own medium-size features end-to-end, optimise performance, and uphold WCAG AA accessibility. In-office role with flexitime in Cape Town or Johannesburg, hybrid options may apply depending on project

Qualifications

• 3+ years of front-end experience, with strong React knowledge.
• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern CSS techniques.
• Experience turning design specs into reusable components.

Responsibilities

• Build user-facing features in React with hooks-first patterns.
• Translate Figma designs into production-ready components and contribute to a component library (Storybook).
• Manage client and server state (React Query, SWR) and integrate REST APIs with caching and pagination.
• Write unit and integration tests (Jest, React Testing Library) and participate in CI and code reviews.
• Optimize rendering and accessibility to WCAG AA standards.
• Support front-end incident triage and root-cause analysis.

Skills

React

JavaScript

TypeScript

CSS

Tailwind

Next.js

Tools

Storybook

Jest

React Testing Library

Git

Job description

AES Global is seeking an Intermediate Front-End Engineer to build fast, accessible UI components in React. You’ll transform Figma designs into production-ready code, collaborate with designers, backend engineers and product managers, and contribute to a maintainable codebase with tests and CI.

You’ll own medium-size features end-to-end, optimise performance, and uphold WCAG AA accessibility. In-office role with flexitime in Cape Town or Johannesburg, hybrid options may apply depending on project